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单词 conspectus
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Definition of conspectus in English:

conspectus

noun kənˈspɛktəskənˈspɛktəs
  • A summary or overview of a subject.

    概要;大纲;概观

    new recordings containing five of his works give a rich conspectus of his art
    Example sentencesExamples
    • All that we have to show for nearly six decades of post-colonial art is a single monumental conspectus: an indispensable, if idiosyncratically argued, overview of art in India from the 1890s to the 1990s.
    • Thus far, we have seen him presenting images in which the only true sight comes from outside his image, on the part of the discerning viewer, or from the eye of God in omniscient conspectus over the universe of sinful humanity.
    • A conspectus of his doctrines is given in the Syntax, which deals mainly with article, pronoun, verb, preposition, and adverb, successively.
    • It forms a fascinating conspectus of a modern saga, the return of the Jews, after inconceivable sufferings, to their ancient homeland.
    • The Christian conspectus or theatre in the old sense has a happy ending, whether the protagonist triumphs or is damned, because God's justice has been done.
    • There are lots of things it is not, but more relevantly it fulfills the author's intention to produce a conspectus of environmental themes that have necessitated official attention.
    • He concludes the volume with a conspectus that draws all these groups into a broad picture of the social environment within which Jesus ministered, taught, was arrested and put to death.
    • These two historians provide an excellent conspectus on the development of manufacturing industry in Argentina up till the mid-1970s.
    • But to these were added a widening conspectus of secular factual and imaginative literature, that led to the emergence of relatively new forms of publication such as the newspaper, the journal, and the novel.
    • To keep things manageable for this short conspectus of my view, I shall restrict myself to bases on which a belief is originally formed.
    • We vote in knowledge, however, not ignorance, knowledge of the larger political conspectus.
    • Its aim was to provide ‘a conspectus of the movement that has been termed Expressionism’.
    Synonyms
    synopsis, precis, résumé, abstract, abridgement, digest, compendium, condensation, encapsulation, abbreviated version

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin, past participle (used as a noun) of conspicere 'look at attentively'.

Rhymes

prospectus

Definition of conspectus in US English:

conspectus

nounkənˈspektəskənˈspɛktəs
  • A summary or overview of a subject.

    概要;大纲;概观

    five of his works give a rich conspectus of his art
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These two historians provide an excellent conspectus on the development of manufacturing industry in Argentina up till the mid-1970s.
    • Thus far, we have seen him presenting images in which the only true sight comes from outside his image, on the part of the discerning viewer, or from the eye of God in omniscient conspectus over the universe of sinful humanity.
    • Its aim was to provide ‘a conspectus of the movement that has been termed Expressionism’.
    • All that we have to show for nearly six decades of post-colonial art is a single monumental conspectus: an indispensable, if idiosyncratically argued, overview of art in India from the 1890s to the 1990s.
    • A conspectus of his doctrines is given in the Syntax, which deals mainly with article, pronoun, verb, preposition, and adverb, successively.
    • The Christian conspectus or theatre in the old sense has a happy ending, whether the protagonist triumphs or is damned, because God's justice has been done.
    • To keep things manageable for this short conspectus of my view, I shall restrict myself to bases on which a belief is originally formed.
    • There are lots of things it is not, but more relevantly it fulfills the author's intention to produce a conspectus of environmental themes that have necessitated official attention.
    • It forms a fascinating conspectus of a modern saga, the return of the Jews, after inconceivable sufferings, to their ancient homeland.
    • We vote in knowledge, however, not ignorance, knowledge of the larger political conspectus.
    • But to these were added a widening conspectus of secular factual and imaginative literature, that led to the emergence of relatively new forms of publication such as the newspaper, the journal, and the novel.
    • He concludes the volume with a conspectus that draws all these groups into a broad picture of the social environment within which Jesus ministered, taught, was arrested and put to death.
    Synonyms
    synopsis, precis, résumé, abstract, abridgement, digest, compendium, condensation, encapsulation, abbreviated version

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin, past participle (used as a noun) of conspicere ‘look at attentively’.

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